Hurin and despair

[Numenorean]

Kuruharan:

Remember Melian warning him early in his life to "fear both the heat and cold of his heart." I think that this shows a certain predisposition on Turin's part to rash deeds

Fair points Kuru, but I got the feeling that maybe the only thing Turin cannot feel properly, is self-fear, so is this therefore his failing, or his fate?
As to Morwen Eledhwen, considering the fate of Rian her cousin, it leaves the impression that she had to be as hard as she was to survive such times. Bearing in mind the inherent stubborness and valour of her Beorean kin, it does not suprise me that she chose to remain in Dor-Lomin(in vain hope for Hurin?) for as long as she did. It does suprise me that despite the devastating bleakness of her post-Arnoediad existence, she never once openly despairs, that we know of.

She's quite a 'shadowy' figure. I wonder how possible it would be for anyone, even her closest family, to get close to her

Davem I agree that she does seem 'shadowy'and distant (and by all accounts incredibly beautiful). Yet even after the fall of Hador, Morwen inspires strong loyalty from Aerin and the remenants of Hurins people, though how much of this is due to the barbarism of Broddas rule as opposed to Morwens own attributes, I cannot say.
BTW, cheers for an amazing thread Lalaith The Narn I Hin Hurin has got to be one of the greatest short stories ever written, criminally neglected by the literary establishment.